Playing the percentage game In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "playing the percentage game", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Jimmy Hung

2021-12-04 01:12

Play the percentage game phrase

To make a decision or opt for an action thought to have the highest probability of success based on collected data or experience in the past.

I think you should play the percentage instead of deciding things intuitively.

Yesterday when I faced some multiple-choice questions that I wasn't sure about, I played the percentage game and chose C.

The verb "play" must be conjugated according to its tense.

This phrase refers to the calculated percentage of success from statistics.

The Origin Cited: lexico.com .

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